tressure

American  

[tresh-er] / ˈtrɛʃ ər /

noun

1. Heraldry. a narrower diminutive of the orle, usually ornamented with fleurs-de-lis at the edges and often doubled.

2. Numismatics. an ornamental border enclosing the type on a coin or medal.

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tressure British  

/ ˈtrɛʃə, ˈtrɛsjʊə /

noun

1. heraldry a narrow inner border on a shield, usually decorated with fleurs-de-lys

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Other Word Forms

• tressured
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of tressure

1275–1325; late Middle English < Middle French, equivalent to tress ( er ) to braid, plait (derivative of tresse tress ) + -ure -ure; replacing Middle English tressour < Middle French tresseor, tressoir

Example Sentences

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tressure

For the Stouts, chevrony russet and gold, for Slate, a grey field within a double tressure white.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The arms of House Poole were a blue plate on white, framed by a grey tressure.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

These arms are a swan with his wings expanded, within a double tressure, counter, flory, argent.

From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury

This Shield, represented in No. 328, has both the bordure on its dexter half, and the tressure on its sinister half, dimidiated by the impalement.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting

To his second son, Toalknack, he assigned Albania, or Scotland, with ‘Or, a Lion rampant, gules,’ which, says he, with the addition of the double tressure, continue the arms of Scotland.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower